Bags of scavenged coal ready to be sold on a nearby market, Panday Bera, a village near Jharia coal field, Jharkhand, INDIA - 12/01/2017. India's largest coalfield of Jharia (280 square kilometer) produces most of India's coal. Jharia is sadly famous for a coal fire which has burned for a century. Due to more than 70 underground fires, nearby houses regularly collapse. 400,000 residents of villages around Jharia live on land in danger of subsiding. Jharia is on the verge of an ecological and human disaster: heavy fumes emitted by the fires lead to health problems such as breathing disorders and skin diseases. In the village of Panday Bera, life revolves around chipping, burning and packing coal after it has been illegally scavenged from the opencast mine in the early hours of the day. Coal is then sold on nearby markets, which provides villagers with an income of about $1 a day. Credit : Francois-Olivier DOMMERGUES/SIPA //DOMMERGUESFO_20170112.IND.101